May 18, 2003

1. “the last vampire” by whitley strieber. this is either too predictable or perhaps i have had too much of the genre. i’m halfway through and there’s a small voice that’s telling me to dump it.

2. “road to perdition”. graphic novel by max allan collins and richard rayner. made into a film by “american beauty” director sam mendes. this book should be read, at least, twice. once for the story. twice, for the artwork. highly recommended. as much as i respect the work of sam mendes a lot, i think the novel’s a lot better as a book than the movie is as a film.

3. “to father” tranlated by dava sobel. the letters of sister maria celeste to her father, the great astronomer and inventor, galileo. synchronicity again: while i was scanning the book this morning, my random song playlist started playing the indigo girls song called…”galileo”.

After 15 days of no new possible SARS cases, yesterday, the Health Officials have announced of a probable new SARS cluster in the Institute of Mental Health. Ito yung pinaka “Mandaluyong-LOOB” nila. Just five days to go before the 20 day ALL-CLEAR, singapore gets a big whammy. patay…. Twenty-four elderly patients and six nurses at the Institute of Mental Health in Hougang are down with fever, and Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang said last night that they should be treated as a new cluster of possible Sars cases.